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No; 608,543. Patented Au 2, 18%

Y U P BREITHUT BICYCLE SUPPORT.

' (Applicqtiog filed Oct. 28, 1897.)

OSCAR P.

PATENT OFFICE.

BREITHUT, or WILLIAMS'P'ORT,TENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF TO MJSAX'REINHOLD, OF SAME PLACE.

BICYCLE-SUPPO RT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,543, dated August2, 1898.

I Application filed October 28, 1897'. Serial I lo. 656,631. (No model.)

To allwhom/ w nuty concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR P. BREITHUT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Wil liamsport, in the county of Lycoming and State ofPennsylvania, have invented anew and useful Bicycle-Support, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to bicycle-supports; and it relates moreparticularly to improve, ments in that class of devices which are tobc'oarried on the bicycle-frame in position for ready adjustment tosustain the frame in an upright position to overcome the'necessity forstanding the machine against a wall, a street-curb, or other place.

' The primary object that I have in View is to provide an improvedsupport in which provision is made for connecting the supporting leg orrod to the front bicycle-wheel and for inclining said leg' either to theright or left of the line of the machine without disconnecting the legor rod from thefront wheelof themachine.

A further object that I have in view is to so construct the leg or rodand the wheelclasp that the latter will be held firmly and steadily inposition no matter what inclina-,

tion may be given to the leg or rod, whereby the support servesefficiently in holding the bicycle in its'upright position.

A further object of'the invention is to provide an improved supportwhich shall be simple in construction, efficient and reliable inoperation, easy of adjustment in connecting 3 the leg or red to thewheel or detaching it from the same,and-cheap of manufacture.

To the accomplishment of these ends my invention consists in the novelcombination of elements and in. the construction and ar-.

rangement of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

To enable others to understand my invendetached from the bicycle.

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Fig. 2 is a perspective yicw of the support Fig. 3 is an enlargcdvertical sectional view through the upperpart of the support. Fig. 4 isa transverse scctional view on the plane .indicated by thedotted line 44 of Fig. 3, showing the front-wheel clasp in plan view. Fig. 5 is adetail perspective view of the clip by which theifree endof thesupporting-leg may be held out of the Way whenfolded against the bicy-Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of another form of theframc-attaehin g clamp which may housed in connection with the leg orrod of my improved support.

Like numerals of reference denote corresponding parts in all the figuresof the draw- In my improved bicycle-support I provide .the leg or rod 1with means for attaching itto-a bicycle-frame-such, for example, as theclamp 2 and the clasp 3, for engagement with .the front or steeringwheel of an ordinary safety-bicycle.

One of the important features of my invention resides in the wheel-clasp3, because I construct this clasp in a manner to engage with the wheeland allow the leg or rod 1 to be inclined in either direction at anyproper angle to support the bicycle, such inclinationof the leg or redserving in no wise to detach the clasp 3 from the wheel.

' The leg or rod 1 consists of a suitable length of metal to permit itsapplication to the lower inclined reach of the bicycle-frame and tostand laterally therefrom in an inclined di- \,rection, thus permittingthe leg or rodto rest on the streetsurfacc or floor. The upper end ofthe leg or red is connected by a universal joint with the clamp), whichis designed to be attached to the bicycle-frame, and this universaljoint permits the. leg or rod to be swung downward and forward for thepur pose of fitting the clasp 3 to the front bicyclewhecl and of beingmoved laterally to an inclined position to either side of the line ofthe bicycle. I may employ either form of the clamp and universal jointshown by Figs. 2 and3 or by Fig. 6 of the drawings; but I prefer theform of clamp and joint shown by Figs. 1, 2, and of the drawings.

In my preferred form of clamp I employ a hanger 4, which is pivotallyattached at 5 to the clamp, and the leg or red is pivoted at 6 to thehanger. I preferably construct the clamp from a piece of sheet metal,which is doubled upon'itself to form the loop 9, and then the clamp isbent to form the curved jaws 8, which are adaptedto embrace the inclinedreach of the bicycle -frame. The looped lower part of r the clamp isprovided with a slot or opening 7 ,which extends nearly around thelooped part of the clamp, and through this slot 7 passes the stem 4 ofthe hanger. The pivot 5 is in the form of a pin or bolt, which passesthrough the loop 9 of the clamp, and to this pivot pin or bolt 5 isfastened in any suitable way the stem 4 of the hanger. The pivot pinorbolt 5 enables the hanger to be swung laterally or sidewise in theclamp, so as to permit the leg or red to be inclined in either directionwith relation to the line of the bicycle, because the stem 4 of thehanger is adapted to play or move in the slot 7 of the clamp. The lowerfree end of the hanger is forked or bifurcated, as at 4 and in thisforked end of the hanger is fitted the upper end of the leg or rod 1,

said leg or rod being pivotally attached to the hanger by the pivot-pin6, which permits the leg or red to have a swinging movement toward orfrom the front wheel of the bicycle. The clamp is provided with abinding or set screw 10,, by which its jaws may be comressed, so as tofirmly bind the clamp on the bicycle-frame, and the described form ofthe clamp enables the device to be readily applied to or detached fromthe frame of a bicycle.

The clasp 3 is bent from a single piece of metal, substantially in the Ushape shown more particularly by Fig. 4 of the drawings. Through thebase of this U-shaped clasp is formed a pivot-hole to receive one end ofthe pivot 11, which passes through a suitable opening 12, formed in therod or leg at a suitable point intermediate of the length of the rod andbelow the attachment of said rod to the hanger. This clasp is fittedagainst a seat 13 on the rod or leg, and the pivot 11 also passesthrough a central opening 13*, formed in the tension-spring 1-1. Thistension-spring is in the form of a leaf-spring with recesses or notches15 in its ends, and said spring is applied against the opposite side ofthe leg or red from the clasp The end of the pivot 11 is formed withahead 11, which is adapted to bear against the central part of thetensionspring, and the spring is thus adapted to exertits tensionagainst the pivot to hold the latter and the clasp in position. Thepivot 11 and the clasp are rigidly joined together to have simultaneousmovement or adjustment, and said pivot 11 is fitted loosely inlegopening 12, so as to turn therein and to be capable of alimitedendwiscmovement. The tensionspring has itsuotched or recessed endsseated against the rod or leg, so as to be held practically in oneposition thereon an d said sprin exerts such tension on the pivot andthe clasp as to prevent said parts from turning freely, while allowingthem to move when the leg is turned sidewise.

My support may be provided with a clamp of the form shown by Fig. 6 ofthe drawings, in which I make the clamp with ball-shaped sockets 16 inthe free extremities of the clamp and provide theball-shaped head 17 onthe upper end of the leg or rod. A set-screw orbolt 18 passes throughthe clamp at a pointbetwcen the ball and the looped part of the clamp tofit the bicycle-frame. The described form of clamp provides aball-and-socketconnection between the leg or rod and the clamp proper,by which a universal adjustment of the leg or red is obtained; but Iprefer to employ the other style of clamp hercinbefore described, inwhich I employ the hanger with the pivots or pins at right angles toeach other..

This being the construction of my improved bicycle-support, theoperation may be described as follows: To apply the support, the clampis fitted to the lower reach of the frame,

substantially as indicated by F r l, and the set-screw is tightened tomake th namp rigid and firm on the frame. \Vhen .he supportis not inuse, it may be folded against the bicyclereach, as shown by dotted linesin Fig. 1, and the leg is held'in its raised position by a clip 20 ofsuitable construction, which is attached to the bicycle-frame in aposition to engage with the leg at or near its free end. To adjust thesupport for use, the leg or rod isdisconnected from the clip 20, and itis then swung downward and forward on the pivot 6 toward the frontwheel, so as to force the clasp 3 into ongagement with said front wheel,after which the leg or red is swung on the pivot 5laterally with respectto the bicycle, so as to assume the inclined position at one side of theframe. In this lateral or sidewise adjustment of the leg oirod on thepivot 5 the clasp 3 turns on its pivot 11, so as to accommodate theclasp to the inclination of the leg or rod'l without disconnecting theleg from the front wheel, and under all conditions of adjustment of theleg the spring holds the clasp against free turning movement. Thesupport is thus made to serve elliciently in holding the bicycle in asteady upright position and obviates the necessity for standing themachine against a wall, street-curb, or other surface. The leg may bereadily swung back and free from ongagement with the bicycle-wheel andlifted upwardly to engage with the clip 20, thereby disposing the leg incompact relation to the bicycle-frame and entirely out of the way of therider.

My improved support is very simple and durable in construction,eflicient and reliable in service, and cheap of manufacture It isevident that changes in the form and proportion of parts may be made bya skilled mechanic without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,

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what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent; is l 1..The combination witha leg or rod, and

a clamp for connecting said leg or rod to a bicycle, of a pivoted claspmounted on the leg independently of the clamp and adapted to embraceafront wheel of a bicycle, and a tension-spring for holding said claspin position and permitting the clasp to adjust itself to the inclinationof the leg or rod without dis' connecting the same from the wheel,substan-- tially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination with an attachingclampggf a leg or rod, awheel-engaging clasp connected by a horizontal pivot to the leg orrod'and adapted to turn on the rod to an angular position when thelatter is moved sidewise out of the plane of the bicycle-frame, atension-spring seated against the leg or red and connected with theclasp, and the uni-- versal joint between the rod or leg and theattaching-clamp to permit the leg to have 'endwise and lateraladjustment of a bicycle- OSCAR P. BREITHUT.

Witnesses: v I

JOHN H. SIGGERS, Rom. E. CRUMP

